Compassionate Christian Friends of Lesbians and Gays
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Organizations that are active in GLBT causes
Silent Witnesses
Description: An organization of gay and straight allies dedicated to providing a
non-confrontational buffer between those who condemn others based on their
sexual orientation or identity and those they condemn. They provide visual
protection from "street preachers" and protesters at events
http://www.silentwitnesspa.org/
Interfaith Alliance
Description: An organization of people of many faiths united together on
issues they can agree on. These issues include gay rights issues and separation
of church and state issues
http://www.interfaithalliance.org/site/pp.asp?c=jkLSJ6MRKvH&b=2882853
Interfaith Alliance of PA
Goals: >Start new chapters and strengthen the existing ones so that people can
join with their neighbors to speak out when religion is misused for political
ends. >Encourage dialogue among people of different faith traditions to
respond when hatred and misunderstandings divide neighbors - and allow
religion heal and light the way to understanding and compassion. >Stand up
for the rights of the poor, the oppressed and the disenfranchised in our cities
and towns. >Show people how loving families are society's best building blocks,
and speak out when government tries to legislate what a family is.
http://www.tia-pa.org/site/c.mtK2KgMWKwG/b.2213595/
PFLAG
Parents Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
http://www.pflag.org/
Groups / Individuals that promote dialogue and understanding
Bridges Across the Divide
A cyberspace initiative providing models and resources for building respectful
relationships among those who disagree about moral issues surrounding
homosexuality, bisexuality and gender variance.
http://www.bridges-across.org/ba/index.htm
Gay Christian Network
Description: excellent site for Gay Christians where both views are shared and
people get along
Home page: http://www.gaychristian.net/index.php?
Sub page of above… The Great Debate…. Look!! Side a and side b get along….
http://www.gaychristian.net/greatdebate.php
Musings On
Description: Conservative Christian Website – thought provoking article on
gay marriage in pluralistic America
http://www.musingson.com/ccCase.html
Mouw's Musings
Talks about Evangelical manners. Good bridging methods
http://www.netbloghost.com/mouw/?p=50
Support Groups / Networks
Straight Spouse Network
Description: Resource / support group for straight spouses
http://www.straightspouse.org/index.shtml
Research and Information
Religious tolerance
Description: This site describes all sides of controversial issues.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/
Snopes
Description: Great way to check out validity of information on the web
http://www.snopes.com/
Born gay ProCon
Description: This site presents in a simple, nonpartisan pro-con format,
responses to the core question "Is sexual orientation determined at birth?" We
have divided questions about the topic into the issues and sub-issues listed
below. All individuals and organizations quoted on our site are ranked based
upon our unique credibility scale.
http://www.borngayprocon.org/
What is your theological world view?
Handy site for finding your world view
Miscellaneous
FBI Web site for Hate Crime Statistics
See statistics here for hate crimes as recent as 2006
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/civilrights/hate.htm
Beyond Ex-Gay
An on-line community and resource for those who have survived ex-gay
experiences. They believe that healing comes through community and through
sharing their stories and experiences with each other.
http://www.beyondexgay.com/
Stonewall Revisited
Personal Stories of those who profess a conversion from gay to straight
http://www.stonewallrevisited.com/menus/pages.html
Christian Lesbians
Description: (from their site) When I came out back in 1994, I decided to tell
others about my journey to reconcile and integrate my faith and sexuality in
hopes that it might help someone who was just beginning to travel the same
road.
http://www.christianlesbians.com
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Please note that I refer to a variety of web sites and resources on these
pages. If you are GLBT you may be surprised at some of the resources I use.
If you are a conservative Christian or just plain Christian you may be
surprised at some of the resources I use as well.
My use of any resource should not be interpreted as an endorsement of the
entirety of that resource, web site, or viewpoint (unless of course I am
referring to the Bible). I do this becaue GLBT's and conservative Christians
often affirm very different resources. In order to speak to everyone who
visits this website I must use a variety of resources. This is critical if we are
to understand each other.
.
pages. If you are GLBT you may be surprised at some of the resources I use.
If you are a conservative Christian or just plain Christian you may be
surprised at some of the resources I use as well.
My use of any resource should not be interpreted as an endorsement of the
entirety of that resource, web site, or viewpoint (unless of course I am
referring to the Bible). I do this becaue GLBT's and conservative Christians
often affirm very different resources. In order to speak to everyone who
visits this website I must use a variety of resources. This is critical if we are
to understand each other.
.
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